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DJ Gabosor the Wise!

Somewhat of a deliberate choice actually; didn't want to confuse anyone . Completely unrelated to pony, but have something I made on a whim.

My first down-vote on my channel! Yay! I am unsure if this is something to be proud of or not....

I review an advent calendar. It get's weird. PG-13 for dark humour and some swears.

I have thoroughly annoying hair that curls, but doesn't curl enough to work - I end up looking like Tim Burton if he'd been dragged through a hedge. I usually get it cut every two months with an 8 and 6.

BUCK, BronyCon and probably BronyScot.

Considering I have neither a smartphone or laptop and my area at work doesn't have computers; Home desktop.

Pint of beer. Slightly aged, malty and probably not very good for you.

As far as I know, very few people here in the UK don't drink tap water. If they don't then it's usually tap water filtered to remove any limescale (a lot of chalk areas here).

The deli counter often puts stuff out around 4-4:30. I chop it up and freeze it to use in pasta or baked beans. Alas I seem to buy more than I eat, so my freezer is mostly full of chorizo, roast chicken/pork/beef, sausage, salami and now corned beef. Though I've eaten a bit, here's what nearly 3 lbs of the stuff looks like. Keep me going for months! Proper Job!

Finding 1.3kg of corned beef in the reduced section in Tescos for half price.

I'm certainly more of a proscriber to the 'Cartesian' expression of political thought that the rather ham-fisted and decidedly tribal 'left vs right' mechanic (as easy as that makes things for many). Here in the UK 'liberal' is generally meant in the classic sense; so more akin to 'libertarian' in other places. Though this is somewhat confused by the Liberal Democrat Party being more on the economic 'left'. I'd probably describe myself as something along the lines of a 'practical socio-economic liberal/libertarian'. Personal responsibility, self-determination, yadda yadda, though I find I have a general direction to aim for but find rigid principles restrictive (the 'mentality of idealism').

Indeed. Also, another issue that YT has is it's success; The number of videos uploaded makes it impossible to manually check each video (even just those that get flagged by the Content ID system or are issued with a complaint) without bankrupting the company or forcing them to charge ad fees that everyone would laugh at. YT is also not a public space. It's not Speaker's Corner, or protected under any right to protest law or equivalent. By joining it you agree to a legally binding contract. And even without one, you have no right to insist your video(s) be immune from being refused monetisation, removed or your channel deleted. Their existence is entirely at the whim of YT, who don't need to give a reason for altering your content/channel AT ALL. Am I defending YT? Well.. Yes.. but also No. Situations like this frequently bring about a cry of 'Power to the People!'; by which most of those crying out mean a certain section of people rather than all people. Right to protect your works is something everyone has equally, regardless of moral standpoint. YT currently has no need to change. The number of videos affected simply don't cause them enough worry at the moment to warrant any shifts in policy. Again this has a lot to do with their success; Economies of scale mean their software, UI, data costs make other hosting sites a poor second. The real issue then (as it is so often with any social issue and/or system) is about Balance of Power. Viewers and content makers do not have a viable alternative (especially for monetisation) so there is little reason for YT to change it's behaviour in direction of their favour. Does that mean the current system isn't completely arse-backwards? Of course not. Claimants do not need proof of violation, the ID system is dumber than a sack of cracked hammers and the restriction on the number of disputes a channel can run makes no sense. What we need less of is moral outcry over perceived rights and more letting YT know that changing is in their interest. I'll leave you with the delectable mouth noises of Suede (whom I totally did not just completely rip-off paraphrase).

Driving my car back from the garage after having a radiator pipe replaced.

It wasn't until I was 27 that I got a console. We had Acorns instead. From Uni onwards I had PCs but until recently, didn't have the money for a decent gaming rig. I got a second hand 360 with Fallout 3 for my birthday. I then got Skyrim and FO:NV. Then in 2013 I saved for my current machine and the 360 kinda sat doing nothing. I even bought Skyrim and FO:NV for the PC. It's still at my parents' house actually...

Good old English fry-up; two eggs, three bacon, black pudding and fried bread.

Yes. For those who are unaware of the difference, copyright is automatic; you create something and it is your copyright regardless of whether you state it or not. It's primary objective is defending against direct copying/plagiarism of your work being promoted as another's original work and/or gain (financial or otherwise, though usually the former) without the recognition, consent and/or reimbursement of the original creator. A trademark is a formal application that is more to do with branding and preventing deliberate confusion between your work and theirs in order to feed off popularity/renown. Eg. Releasing a toy line under the title 'Star Wars' is (probably) not copyright infringement if the toys/logo/packaging design bare little resemblance to the official product. However, the title 'Star Wars' and it's logo have been trademarked, so using them is a violation. If you release a line called 'Galaxy Battle' with the same logo design but different toys then it's a trademark issue. If you release a line called 'Space Fight' with a different font/logo but obvious copies of the toys, it's a copyright issue. If copyright is content, trademark is identity. What these guys tried to do was trademark the format of their videos (one or more people reacting to something they watch which is overlaid onscreen) and the format of the video's titles (xxxxx Reacts:). As this is a pretty new thing in media as a whole, the trademark was rather blindly given. The completely bizarre thing is that their initial proposal for franchising a format might have been a really good idea for both them and other content creators. Got a great idea for a react series but need exposure? 'Use these graphic templates, video duration boundaries, video structure rules and etc. and we'll add it to our 14m+ subbed channel for a cut.' As a spring-board this could be great. Instead they shot themselves in the foot by not waiting for the objection period to pass, clearly not realising/being delusional that their format was unoriginal and being completely insincere about their later 'apology'/redaction.

Also, technically, they were trying to Trademark various react formats, not copyright, which is a very different thing. What's odd is A: They got approval, and B: There's a one month period for opposition to be registered before the trademark goes 'live', rather than sitting on it, they announced their intentions right from the start.

The live count page is open at the moment. I've been just sitting there, watching and smiling to myself....

Anime dubs have baggage. Dirty, awkward, poorly delivered, badly directed baggage made on a budget. As such there is a vocal snobbery associated with them that regardless of quality, garners derision. Let's remember that many of those who decry dubs are frequently unable to tell if the Japanese voice acting is up to scratch. Even with a reasonable knowledge of Japanese vocabulary, without growing up as a native speaker or spending a significant time in the country, the differences in the rhythms, inflections, timings and tonal elements compared with conversational Japanese will be lost. As they are easily able to detect such deviations in their native language, it is immediately considered innately inferior. If the original is in English, then that assumed inferiority cannot exist (or at least becomes tenuous). Incidentally, I have never seen the Japanese version of Haruhi, only the dub. I found that I had no need to go back and watch the 'original'. It varies from studio to studio, but dubs have come a long way since the nineties.